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This issue is fixed in version 0.47.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00264,"percentile":0.18422,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-295"],"published":"2026-07-10T16:06:12Z","modified":"2026-10-28T11:14:45Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:12","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.11.4+ds-1","0.11.4+ds-1+deb12u1","0.11.4+ds-2","0.11.4+ds-3","0.13.1+ds-1","0.14.0+ds-1","0.14.1+ds-1","0.14.1+ds-2","0.14.2+ds-1","0.14.3+ds-1","0.14.3+ds-1.1","0.14.3+ds-1.1~exp1","0.15.3+ds-1","0.15.3+ds-2","0.15.3+ds-3","0.16.0+ds-1","0.16.3+ds-1","0.16.3+ds-2","0.18.0+ds-1","0.18.7-1","0.20.1+ds-3","0.25.0+ds-1","0.26.0+ds-2","0.41.0+ds-1","0.41.0+ds-2","0.41.0+ds-3","0.41.0+ds-3~bpo13+1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:13","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.18.7-1","0.18.7-1+deb13u1","0.20.1+ds-3","0.25.0+ds-1","0.26.0+ds-2","0.41.0+ds-1","0.41.0+ds-2","0.41.0+ds-3","0.41.0+ds-3~bpo13+1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Debian:14","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.18.7-1","0.20.1+ds-3","0.25.0+ds-1","0.26.0+ds-2","0.41.0+ds-1","0.41.0+ds-2","0.41.0+ds-3","0.41.0+ds-3~bpo13+1"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:22.04:LTS","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.9.9+ds-1","0.9.10+ds-1","0.10.1+ds-1","0.10.2+ds-1","0.10.3+ds-1","0.10.3+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm1","0.10.3+ds-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.13.1+ds-1ubuntu1","0.14.3+ds-1","0.14.3+ds-1.1","0.14.3+ds-1.1build1","0.14.3+ds-1.1build2","0.14.3+ds-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1","0.14.3+ds-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm2"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.10","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.26.0+ds-2ubuntu3","0.26.0+ds-2ubuntu4"]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:26.04:LTS","package":"cpp-httplib","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.18.7-1","0.26.0+ds-2ubuntu2","0.26.0+ds-2ubuntu3","0.26.0+ds-2ubuntu3+esm1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"yhirose","product":"cpp-httplib"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-8ffh-4p95-g3p2","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Mitigation","Patch","Vendor Advisory","advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/commit/fa981cedae004ea9d946f1392b9dec22fac6fee6","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/releases/tag/v0.47.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Product","Release Notes","web","report"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/54xxx/CVE-2026-54919.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54919","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-54919","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-54919","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54919","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-54919","title":"cpp-httplib: TLS certificate chain verification bypassed for IP-literal hosts on Mbed TLS and wolfSSL backends","description":"cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. 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